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Ddgbcn Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Heading headed
Isn't this question perhaps similar to the common confusion with sat and sitting, stood and standing ?
I was stood at the busstop, incorrectly, instead of I was standing there. I was sat in the chair etc. Unless of course someone had stood or sat you there.
Similarly I was headed to Vancouver would mean that I am a a passive subject , someone or circumstance having given me the push ( and to my ears it usually sounds wrong) . If I am heading there , I am in charge. This sounds more in line with the sitting and standing examples.
I was stood at the busstop, incorrectly, instead of I was standing there. I was sat in the chair etc. Unless of course someone had stood or sat you there.
Similarly I was headed to Vancouver would mean that I am a a passive subject , someone or circumstance having given me the push ( and to my ears it usually sounds wrong) . If I am heading there , I am in charge. This sounds more in line with the sitting and standing examples.
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This is interesting. It is not passive. You are in charge and are heading yourself there, so that is right.
- This is interesting.
- It is not passive.
- You are in charge and are heading yourself there, so that is right.
- Even though it sounds weird to you, it is right and sounds good to me.
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This is interesting. It is not passive. You are in charge and are heading yourself there, so that is right. Even though it sounds weird to you, it is right and sounds good to me.
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ddgbcnperhaps similar to the common confusion with sat and sitting, stood and standingGood guess, but no, heading and headed are different. They both mean nearly the same thing in examples such as you have cited here. heading is a bit more active in nature, but headed should be regarded as an alternate way of saying on the way
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